30 - Act 1 Epilogue
Elsewhere, far from Equestria
Deep within a hive much like Chrysalis' own, an ancient queen sat on her menacing obsidian and bone throne, communicating with her various drones throughout the hive. The Queen had a blood red mane and eyes to match, contrasting with the standard colouration of changeling queens; and unlike Chrysalis she was well groomed and put great stock into appearances.
"My Queen!" a changeling guard captain burst in holding a scroll in his sickly green aura. "Our spies have reported in!"
Eagerly the ancient queen took the scroll, unravelled it and took in its contents.
"Well well, it would seem Chrysalis has been making friends," the Queen said in a mocking tone. "I knew I shouldn't have relied on that fool of an infiltrator to do our job for us, perhaps I should have opted for more direct oversight, sent agents of our own. They wouldn't have made such... amateur mistakes."
"It's ironic, Infiltrator Serpens was sent out by his queen with the mission to drive Equestria and the Badlands Hive apart, and all the infiltrator did was bring them together instead," the drone remarked snidely.
"It is indeed. In his failure he has forged an alliance between two of my enemies, this cannot stand."
"What should be done with Serpens' hive? They are an ally after all."
"They knew the price of failure. Burn them. Queen Vespula's hive is but a couple thousand strong, they are small and insignificant. This will teach our other 'cherished' allies not to make the same mistakes."
"It will be done my Queen, but-"
"But?"
"The Badlands Hive... if they seek help from the ponies, they must be weaker than we believed! We should strike at them now, eliminate another rival for good."
"Captain... could you have said anything more incompetent?" the Queen asked with a snarl.
The captain recoiled in fear. "My Queen?" he asked shakily.
"They are anything but weak, they have the princesses on their side and not only that, her daughter has returned, the Element of Magic no less... not to mention the fact that we don't actually know where their hive is other than 'in the Badlands somewhere'. Any future actions must be planned carefully."
"Forgive me, my Queen." The guard bowed his head. "I was out of line."
"You are forgiven, Captain. Now leave me, I have a council to call."
"The Royal Council? You are gathering the queens? All of them?"
"I am, including Chrysalis and her ilk. And double our efforts to discover her hive's exact location, if I need to destroy her personally it would be good to know where she lives."
"U-understood, Queen Crudelis."
Bowing one last time the guard slipped out of the room, cursing his own brashness. He had a lot of work ahead of him, locating all of the queens and arranging a council could take months, even years. Not once has there been a matter that had gathered the queens immediately, and he doubted this time would be any different.
Crudelis quickly turned her attention back to the scroll, reading it over and over. "So you have the princesses at your beck and call now, Chrysalis? All because of that daughter of yours, Element of Magic, hero of Equestria..." the Queen chuckled sadistically. "If you think 'Broad Sword' was the worst of your troubles, you are a bigger fool than I thought..."
"Oh I am looking forward to killing you, Twilight Sparkle."
End of Act 1
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Cant wait for the sequel I give you 10/10
So the big, bad queen behind it all is revealed ... Crudelis ... and no surprises there!
I wonder what evil plans she's got for the future. 
Brilliant so far, one of my favourite fimfics on this website. 
I wonder ...
it would be an interesting plotline if Crudelis too had a daughter, and used her to help bring down Twilight. A new friend for Twilight, so to speak. 
It's just an idea.
A good Act I, looking forward to Act II :D
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Sequel, continuation, whatever. Still wanna read it.
Oh frag.... ASTARTES, PREPARE FOR WAR!
Man, you are giving LAP's Of the Hive series a run for its money, standing by for sequel, following you so I don't miss it.
FOR F
CK'S SAKE!!!
loved this story
7075036 Act 2 is continuing here, I do have an idea for a sequel but that is a ways off, and is completely separate to the Crudelis arch.
And thanks for such high praise, personally I don't think I'm anywehre near as good as the hive series but I'm glad someone thinks so.
7075080 It isn't finished yet XD
7075098 thank the queen it is not over yet
And then all the other hives llok at the smoldering ruin and say to each other, "Fuck it, we are going to equestria for help! They are changeling friendly it seems."
Is this the end? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It can´t be over!
So I just got done reading through this chapter, and this is the only theme in my head that seems to fit Crudelis at the moment.
Our spy's
spies
Go ahead and scheme crudelis. I will be waiting for you when you fail
I´m still sort of interessted in seeing a court scene with either one of the two personalitys I talked about in the last chapter, or maybe even her parents visiting I don´t know. I'm just thinking about possible interessting scenes again.
7075201 Its not over!
Oh crap... Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
7075311... Every time I read this I hear Liquid Snake's/Ocelot's voice.
Poor lesser hive. They could try escaping to Equestria and throwing themselves at the mercy of Chryssie and the princesses. Better than outright murder.
oh boy, this is bad. Again
So it will be a separate story altogether or another Act?
7075005 You said it, brah!
7075429 A sequel would be a separate story altogether, but everything to do with Crudelis will be in this one.
Ok.
Hm...someone needs to find Crudelis's hive and then send in the entire force of Equestria and Chrissie's hive and slaughter them. I shall continue to read until Crudelis is nothing but a stain on her hive's floor.
>"My Queen!" A changeling guard captain burst in holding a scroll in his sickly green aura, "Our spy's have reported in!"
I half expected the message to be that they had recaptured the pony known as Broadsword and replaced him again. It's not that I dislike the guy, but he's a magnet for misfortune.
i kinda hope serpens hive doesnt get exterminated, feels wrong that they are being forced to do things they might not want to do
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true that
I know there's only a slim chance of this, but I don't want Queen Vespula's hive to be...ahem, removed.
Me : snipers
Red & Blu sniper : yes
Me : with me.
Ten hours later at Crudiles hive.
Red Sniper: why are we here?
Blu sniper: yeah why are we here?
Me: you'll see . For now I need help .
To be contuined.
I thought you won't be posting . Oh well this is great can't wait for the next one.
7075475 So, if everything to do with Crudelis will be in this story, what would the sequel be about?
7075807 http://eleventhtenth.deviantart.com/art/Doctor-Who-Spoilers-River-Song-373953792
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I'd agree, but nobody forced Serpens to be a sadistic bastard.
This story has been astounding! Keep up the good work.
7075670 Me too... hopefully they'll get a chance to flee.
Also, I kind of take back what I said about Serpens: he gave away the mastermind's name, not his own queen's.
Can't wait for the next part!
7076407 Virum. Vir is man, and virum is the accusative case of that noun.
I'm fairly certain arch should be arc in the note
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I'll be honest. I have never played Wild Arms 3. I've only ever played 1 and 2, and have yet to beat either. Real Life (tm) just keeps getting in the way.
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If you can't beat em, hide behind someone who can.
I do appreciate being informed of all this, but this chapter is the most shameless "various characters explain things to the audience, by monologuing to themselves about their own plans if necessary" scene I've seen in a long time.
Serpens knows the price of failure?
Well, then they know Crudelis is going to exterminate them. Having no other options, they're going to immediately contact Chrystalis and offer to trade the details of who masterminded the attack for amnesty and protection - that is the ONLY course of action where they have a chance of survival.
7076720 AGREED! 100% duche move! It'd be poetic if the changelings wings were clipped and thrown off a building.
Spies
I followed this story through out it's development waiting for new chapters. I cannot say it was a bad ending, but a well deserved one. Now onto the next act...
7075707 Continue...
7077423 contunien what?
What is with these people and killing Twilight
its like that is the only option to there problem
Great story keep up the good work
7075707 ehem...
Would you like some assistance from a power armored and minigun plus rocket launcher wielding Ranger of the wasteland?
I Have some extra toys with me~e!
Would like to take a look at my arsenal of weaponry to all situations?
7077663 The Tf2 thing.
read through the whole story during the past days, and I really like it.
can't wait for the second arc to see how this will continue